THIS is one of the all-time-greatest inaugural addresses.

[highplainsdem]

Stunning.

Perfect tone, and perfect words.

[musette_sf]

1. just thought the same

[MissB]

2. Soooooo much better than American Carnage

[highplainsdem]

8. The two speeches are from different universes.

[CottonBear]

12. As George Bush told Hillary Clinton 4 years ago, when MF45 said those words,

“That was some weird shit.”

Edit: Clinton

[Duppers]

30. I believe it was said to Hillary.

Anyway, good for him.

[lindysalsagal]

3. "And yes, the truth."

Bravo.

[musette_sf]

5. C-SPAN camera on Pence

during the truth part

[SidDithers]

4. This is a really good speech...

Sid

[luvtheGWN]

22. YES!

[BlueIdaho]

6. Compared to the racial hatred, vitriol, and rage of four years ago

We are a world away... This is wonderful!

[underpants]

7. Yes. Very good

[tinrobot]

9. Yeah. He's gonna be real good at this President thing.

Lord knows we need it.

[renate]

10. It was amazing... so reassuring

I feel so much more... settled. I don’t have to worry about what fresh hell Trump will plunge us into next. The government is for the people once again.

[crickets]

13. Yes, that captures it perfectly. nt

[highplainsdem]

15. +1,000,000

[octoberlib]

11. I think Biden might turn out to be one of the best Presidents we've ever had.

[highplainsdem]

14. I do, too.

[bellmartin]

16. Who wrote the speech?

Jon Meacham?

[Politicub]

18. Biden. He has been working on it for days.

[Tanuki]

28. Discussed here:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/18/politics/inaugural-address-biden/index.html

..."Biden has been steadily crafting the speech -- adding a thought here, inserting a line there -- since the day after he delivered a victory address in Wilmington, Delaware, aides say. But in those passing 72 days, Biden's burden has grown even heavier, with President Donald Trump's relentless falsehoods complicating the already-challenging task of unifying a divided nation.

Mike Donilon, a longtime adviser to Biden who will join him in the West Wing, is overseeing the speechwriting process along with Vinay Reddy, Biden's chief speechwriter. Jon Meacham, the historian and presidential biographer, is also helping shape the inaugural address, which will be delivered as the opening mark of perhaps the most challenging presidency since Franklin Roosevelt.

...
Biden aides have been reluctant to preview specifics of Biden's inaugural address. Ron Klain, his incoming chief of staff, told The Washington Post in a video interview last week that Biden "takes time every few days to sit down and think about it and write some thoughts and rewrite some thoughts."

[highplainsdem]

33. Thanks!

[Politicub]

17. I agree. He was speaking to now and the ages.

And he was clear about his goals.

[gademocrat7]

19. Inspiring speech

The restoration of integrity and compassion has begun.

[aggiesal]

20. While at Fox Nooze: There's an inauguration today? n/t

[luvtheGWN]

23. Well, perhaps not.

Chris Wallace said (on TV) that it was the best inaugural address he'd ever heard.

So at least one Foxer was watching it.

[Traildogbob]

21. The feeling of

Winning the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Olympics, the NCAA championship, all of em, the Stanley Cup, Women’s and Men’s World Cup, the city Bowling League, evening Bingo at the Senior Center, WW1, WW2, Dart Championship at the local pub, an augment with your older brother. It just felt damn good.
After 4 years of our flag hijacked by Trump cult flown with his shit rag, the confederate flag, the Don’t Tread flag, even the Swastika, I finally felt proud of that flag again.
Felt like our soldiers planting it firming on that hill again.
Never let it fly with that treason Trump flag again.

[luvtheGWN]

25. Yes!

Equivalent to my Raptors winning the NBA Championship in 2019!

[Traildogbob]

27. How did I forget NBA?

Damn it. Good luck to your team,

[Harker]

24. And not one, "c'mon man."

He did a very good job of laying out the pressing challenges and stating that unity is the way to address them.

I'll do my part as best as I can.

Let's see if there are some republican'ts who can muster up the courage to be Republicans.

[C Moon]

26. I love how his voice started strong, went soft for awhile

then went back to powerful.
Great, great speech.

[highplainsdem]

32. Agree. Perfect delivery.

[Escurumbele]

29. I agree, and its not that for four years we heard stupidity by someone else

It was a fantastic speech, and he addressed everyone. Mitch McConnel knew Biden was talking to him, the other republicans knew it too, the World heard him loud and clear, and I find that the anxiety we have been living with for that last four years will go away very soon.

Just the fact that we don't have to read or listen about what the buffoon said or tweeted will release a lot of that anxiety.

[mountain grammy]

31. Excellent speech!